If it were as easy as that, I would have power steering already. VW equipped diesel cars with several different types and sizes of power steering pumps. I have not yet seen a pump and bracket that will work with the Vanagon engine supports and oil pan. I have seen a pump from a Jetta that is very small and may actually clear the water pump with a little bracket modification, but I wonder about adequate volume and pressure for the Vanagon power steering rack. If you do figure out a way to do this, a whole bunch of us diesel drivers are interested. Air conditioning??? It would be nice, but even more difficult than the power steering. I'm all ears :-) Mike Snow > > I'm working on adding powersteering to my 16" Syncro. I took all the > components from a WBX engined van for my project. The problem I > am having is > I have a 1.6 turbodiesel in my Syncro. > > Yeas, yes. I know the diesel won't like the extra strain caused by the PS > pump and the AC that I will add later. I'm not worried about it because I > plan on moving up to a 1.9TD or even 1.9TDI later. > > Anyway, I need a PS bracket and possibly even an AC compressor > bracket from a > line 4 engine like a late model Jetta/Golf/Passat. Someone on the > lists had > mentioned to me once that turbodiesel Jettas did come with PS. I > figured that > to be the best donor candidate. I doubt that I will find a used > Tiico mount > out there. > > If all else fails, I guess I can always have a mount made. > > BenT |
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